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Appendix<br />

11.1.3.1 Dense/Hard and Loose/Weak Soil<br />

Following the ability to reproduce the input results as shown above, the prediction is extended<br />

onto different bearing capacities of the same soil type. Therefore the results from Antille<br />

(2006) were compared to the theoretical predictions. Antille (2006) used the same high axle<br />

load tyre configurations as Ansorge (2005) with the same soil type and water content, only at<br />

a lower bearing capacity with a DBD of 1.2 g/cm 3 DBD and at a higher bearing capacity with<br />

a DBD of 1.6 g/cm 3 .<br />

The measured and predicted results are plotted in Figure 11 and show in general a close<br />

agreement. On dense soil the 680/10.5/2.2 and the 800/10.5/2.5 are in good agreement with<br />

the predictions. On the soft soil overall a closer agreement is achieved.<br />

Depth (mm)<br />

Depth (mm)<br />

Depth(mm)<br />

0,0<br />

100,0<br />

200,0<br />

300,0<br />

400,0<br />

500,0<br />

600,0<br />

700,0<br />

800,0<br />

0,0<br />

100,0<br />

200,0<br />

300,0<br />

400,0<br />

500,0<br />

600,0<br />

700,0<br />

800,0<br />

Displacement (mm)<br />

0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 200<br />

Displacement (mm)<br />

0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 200<br />

0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 200<br />

0,0<br />

100,0<br />

200,0<br />

300,0<br />

400,0<br />

500,0<br />

600,0<br />

700,0<br />

800,0<br />

Dense<br />

Dense<br />

Dense<br />

900/10.5/1.9<br />

800/10.5/2.5<br />

680/10.5/2.2<br />

Displacement (mm)<br />

Figure 11: Measured (■) and predicted (♦) soil displacement for tyres on soft and dense<br />

Ph.D. Thesis Dirk Ansorge (2007)<br />

Soft<br />

Soft<br />

Soft<br />

soil conditions. LSD at 95 % is also shown<br />

The accuracy was evaluated from the calculated average density changes for the predicted and<br />

the measured soil displacement shown in Figure 11 and plotted against each other in Figure<br />

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